On the August 6, 2016 edition of "The New York Times Close Up," journalist Wayne Barrett talks about his reissued book "Trump: The Greatest Show on Earth: The Deals. the Downfall, the Reinvention," which he has written a new introduction for. The book was initially issued in 1992.

New York Times City Hall Bureau Reporter and former Police Bureau Reporter  J. David Goodman provides an assessment of Bill Bratton's career and that of his successor.

We watch an elite group of NYPD officers train to respond to an armed attack, thanks to nytimes.com  and New York Times journalists Amy Zerba and Ainara Tiefenthaler. .

And New York Times journalists - Contributing Writer Clyde Haberman, Deputy Politics Editor Gerry Mullany, Presidential Campaign Correspondent Amy Chozick and Media Correspondent Michael Grynbaum - discuss the week's lead stories.